Lip Management

Every writer has an Achilles heel, some subject they are frankly terrible at addressing. I curse fiercely my utter inability to describe lips.

Yes, lips.

Their color, their shape, the machinations they get up to, every single thing about portraying lips in words befuddles me. As a result, my character sketches are always a bit murky about the mouth. (No picnic for a romance writer, let me tell you.)

Bottom line: Identify your heel and cover it wisely.

Until tomorrow…

Chloe

Browbeaten

Stepping back and taking an objective look at my current work-in-progress, The Clockwise Heart, I’m really rather appalled by the shape of the thing.

Let’s equate the shape of a storyline’s rise and fall to that of an eyebrow, shall we?

Traditionally, the book wears a Well-Manicured, Carefully Plucked Arch of the Inquisitive. A slow rise to the climax to an exciting but measured fall.

Yeah, well… My book’s sporting Angry, Slightly Constipated Brow. Scrunched up, sharp waxing and waning of unrestrained action.

Could be a problem.

Anybody have a tweezer?

Until tomorrow…

Chloe